A mini review: application of graphene paper in thermal interface materials

LU Le; DAI Wen; YU Jin-hong; JIANG Nan; LIN Cheng-te

doi:10.1016/S1872-5805(21)60093-8

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LU Le, DAI Wen, YU Jin-hong, JIANG Nan, LIN Cheng-te. A mini review: application of graphene paper in thermal interface materials. New Carbon Mater., 2021, 36(5): 930-939. doi: 10.1016/S1872-5805(21)60093-8

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LU Le, DAI Wen, YU Jin-hong, JIANG Nan, LIN Cheng-te. A mini review: application of graphene paper in thermal interface materials. New Carbon Mater., 2021, 36(5): 930-939. doi: 10.1016/S1872-5805(21)60093-8

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A mini review: application of graphene paper in thermal interface materials

doi: 10.1016/S1872-5805(21)60093-8

LU Le^{1, 2
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DAI Wen^{1, 2
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YU Jin-hong^{1, 2},
JIANG Nan^{1, 2
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LIN Cheng-te^{1, 2
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Key Laboratory of Marine Materials and Related Technologies, Zhejiang Key Laboratory of Marine Materials and Protective Technologies, Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Ningbo 315201, China
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Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China

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吕　乐，博士研究生. E-mail：lvle@nimte.ac.cn
Corresponding author: DAI Wen, Ph.D, Assistant research fellow. E-mail: daiwen@nimte.ac.cn; JIANG Nan, Ph.D, Professor. E-mail: jiangnan@nimte.ac.cn; LIN Cheng-te, Ph.D, Professor. E-mail: linzhengde@nimte.ac.cn
Received Date: 2020-07-28
Rev Recd Date: 2021-09-13

Available Online: 2021-09-30

Publish Date: 2021-10-01

Abstract

Abstract

Accumulated heat is the primary problem that needs to be solved in current electronic products. There is an urgent need for designing innovative high-performance thermal interface materials (TIMs) with excellent heat dissipation performance. Based on the development status of TIMs, graphene paper-based TIMs that are ultrathin thickness and have high through-plane thermal conductivity show great potential. From this perspective, we introduce four types of graphene paper (including graphene/polymer composite papers, graphene/metal composite papers, graphene/ceramic composite paper, and graphene/carbon composite paper) and vertically aligned graphene paper as TIMs. Based on the applications of these TIMs, their advantages and limitations are discussed. Finally further research prospects are proposed to promote the practical applications of graphene paper-based TIMs.
- Thermal interface materials,
- Graphene paper,
- Thermal conductive interlayers

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